Variable-speed and reversible gear.



G. P. INNES & T. G. ALLEN. VARIABLE SPEED AND REVERSIBLE GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1908..

Patented May 18, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1908.

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Wzfnesses ,g p i a iam UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFECE GEORGE PEACOCK INNES AND THOMAS CON ALLEN, 0F SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES,

AUSTRALIA.

VARIABLE-SPEED AND REVERSIBLE GEAIL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed May 18, 1908. Serial N0. 433,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that we, GEORGE PEAOOOK limits and THoMAs CON ALLEN, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, reslding', respectively, at 141 York street, Sydney, and at 163 King street, Sydney, both in the State of New South Wales, in the. Commonwealthof Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Variable-Speed and Reversible Gear for Revolving Shafts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a gearing wherebythe speed of a revolving shaft may be varied at will the object of the invention being to accomplish this variation of speed without any sudden jerk or strain and without unnecessary loss of ower.

For the purpose of c earness we will describe the invention as applied to the shaft of a motorcar. On the free end of the engine shaft 1s keyed a wheel which gears with a number -of pinion wheels which again gear with a similar number of pinion wheels of the same diameter,-these latter also gear with a wheel of the same on the engine shaft. This latter wheel is keyed to a shaft (hereinafter called the driving shaft) which is in the same straight line as the engine the wheel thereon. The 'spind es of the pinion wheels have bearings in the sides of a gear casing which incloses the whole of the gearing above mentioned. This gear casing has a bearing boss on both th'e'engine and driving shafts and is ada ted to revolve thereon. Keyed to each of the spindles of the piston wheels are eccentrics having eccentric rods connected to plungers in corresponding cylinders thus forming a series of pumps. T inside of the gear casing and are provided with inlet valves, and deliver pipes, the latter of which are placed outsifie of the gear casing, and are provided with valves before rentering the gear casing, these valves are operated by a hand lever of any suitable construction. through a suitable opening. But in order that the invention may be clearly understood reference will now be made to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gearing as ap lied to a motor car. Fig. 2 is section on p ane 22 Fig. 1.

diameter as the wheel shaft and is in juXta osition to ese pumps are" attached to the,

The casing is filled with oil 1 is the engine shaft to which is keyed the sun-wheel 2. K I

3 is the driving shaft to whichis keyed the sun-wheel 4.

5 is the gear casing having bearings 6 on the engine-shaft 1 and-driving shaft 3 and being free to revolve thereon. This casing is made tight soas to retain the oil with which it is filled.

7, 7 are two'of a series of planetary pinions having spindles and bearings in the walls of the casin 5. Thesecpinions gear with the sun-whee 2. 8, 8 areacorresponding series of planetary pinions which also have hearings in the walls of the casing 5 and gear with the sun-wheel 4 and also with the lanetary pinions 7. On the spindles of t e pinions 7 and 8 or on any-number of them are small cranks or eccentrics-9. for (:perating the plungers of small circulating of pumps 10 which are arranged around the inside periphery of thecasing 5.

11 are inlet valves to pum s10. 12 are delivery pipes w 'ch reenter the sing at 13. The deliveryis controlled 'by justable valves 14-. The valves 14 are operated by any well known mechanism such as that shown and marked 15;

16 is a hand brake. on the casing 5. This brake may be'if desired applied to theoutside periphery of the casing.

In operation the engine is started and allowed to runat its normal speed, the wheel on engine shaft giving motion to the pinions the pump valves being 0 ened to their fullest extent, the plungers o the cylinders keeping the oil in circulation, by forcing it through the delivery pipes, the gear casing also revolving upon its bosses thereby allowing the wheel on driving shaft to remain stationary, but immediately the ump valves are partially closed the wheel on the drivingshaft will be operatively engaged by the plnions and caused to revolve and the more the valves are closed down the greater becomes the speed of the driving shaft. When the valves are completely closed down thus preventing any circulation of oil, the smaller plmons become stationary, thus locking together the pinions on both engine and driving shafts, which causes the driving shaft to revolve at the same rate as the engine shaft.

In order to reverse the driving shaft, the gear casing is prevented or partially revented from revolving on the shafts by our invention is the revolving casing carrying .the planetary pinions, and the means of reversing the direction of the driving shaft. What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A variable s eed gear comprising two axially alined an separated shafts, a s ur wheel mounted on each shaft, a gear casing inclosing the sour wheels and mounted to revolve uponthe shafts, two sets of planet wheels mounted in the gear casing the planet wheels of one set meshing with the planet" wheels of' the other set, one set of planet wheels meshing with one of the spur wheels and the other set of planet wheels 'meshing with the other spur wheel, and

pum s secured within the gear casin" 0 erated y one of the sets of planet whee s 4 uringitheir planetary revolution.

2. A variable s eed gear comprising two axially alined an separated shafts, a, spur wheel mounted on each shaft, a gear casing inclosing the s ur Wheels and mounted to revolve upon t e shafts, two sets of planet wheels mounted in the gear casing the planet wheels of one set meshing with the planet wheels of the other set, one set of planet Wheels meshing with one of the s or wheels and the other set of planet whee meshing with the other spur wheel, pumps secured to and having inlets within the gear casing, pump rods operated by the planet wheels,

elivery pipes for the pumps exterior to the gear casing and rentering the gear casing near its center, valves controlling the (lelivery pipes, and an operating mechanism for the controlling valves operable from one of the shafts during the revolution of the gear casing.

3. A variable s eed gear comprising two axially alined and separated shafts, a spur wheel mounted on each shaft, a gear casing inclosing the s ur wheels and mounted to revolve upon t e shafts, two sets of planet wheels mounted in the gear casing the planet wheels of one set meshing with the planet wheels of the other set, one set of planet wheels meshing with one of the s ur wheels and the other set of planet whee s meshing with the other spur wheel, and a band brake en aging the gear casing.

igne at Sydney, New South Wales, this 24th day of March 1908.

I GEORGE PEAOOCK INNES.

THOMAS CON ALLEN. \IVltHGSS GS WILLIAM NEWTON, VVALTER SI'GMONT. 

